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STS-107,_Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launch.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 2 min 2 s, 256 × 192 pixels, 59 kbps overall, file size: 874 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .
The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode.
After the Challenger disaster in January 1986, there was a delay of 32 months before the next Shuttle launch. [7] A similar delay of 29 months occurred after the Columbia disaster in February 2003. [6] The longest Shuttle mission was STS-80 lasting 17 days, 15 hours. The final flight of the Space Shuttle program was STS-135 on July 8, 2011.
NASA Plus, stylized as NASA+, is an on-demand streaming service by NASA. It launched on November 8, 2023. It launched on November 8, 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It runs educational content, [ 2 ] and is available on iOS , Android , web browsers on desktop computers, as well as media players such as Roku , Apple TV , and Fire TV . [ 3 ]
STS-116 was the final scheduled Space Shuttle launch from Pad 39B as NASA reconfigured it for Ares I launches. [5] The only remaining use of Pad 39B by the shuttle was as a reserve for the STS-400 Launch on Need mission to rescue the crew of STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, if their shuttle became damaged. [6]
Mission STS-41-C, the 11th for the Shuttle program and the fifth for Challenger is featured most heavily, beginning with the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite. The capture and repair of the Solar Max satellite also receives a great deal of coverage, including a detailed overview of training for the mission in a ...
I've seen a lot of launches," commented Launch Director Michael D. Leinbach during the conference, "and this was the most visibly beautiful launch I've ever seen." [ 3 ] [ 22 ] After reaching orbit, the STS-119 crew got to work on their orbit operations, opening the payload bay doors, deploying the Ku band antenna, and activating and checking ...
STS-41-G (formerly STS-17) was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on October 5, 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center on October 13, 1984.